Vanguard
7 May 2011
AFTER rain comes sunshine, so goes the saying. By analogy, after elections come election petitions and the Nigerian polity is about to witness another torrent of petitions after the 2011 elections. Members of the tribunals have been named and sitting will begin shortly.
So far, about 400 petitions have arisen out of the 1648 elections, consisting of one presidential, 26 governorship, 109 senatorial, 360 House of Representatives and 1,152 state assembly polls, held across the country.
However, the figure is low compared to the 1527 petitions submitted after the 2007 exercise, for which the Delta State
In spite of the fewer number of petitions trailing the 2011 polls, which is considered a major improvement on the series of flawed elections held in recent time, some of the petitions, if successful, could alter the electoral map of the country.
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